151 Quotes by Sydney Smith


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    Take short views, hope for the best, and trust in God.

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    There is but one method of success, and that is hard labor, and a man who will not pay that price for distinction had better at once dedicate himself to the pursuit of the fox.

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    There are many ways of being frivolous, on;y one way of being intellectually great; that is honest labor.

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    Never try to reason the prejudice out of man; it was not reasoned into him and and cannot be reasoned out.

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    Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man; it was not reasoned into him and cannot be reasoned out.

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    Humanity is a duty made known and enjoined by revelation, and ever keeping pace with the progress of Christianity.

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